Dear all, I am happy to announce that a new weekend read is up! This read is all about giving special gifts to your friends and family… just to get you in the right mood and thinking (already…) of the giving season… I asked some of my favorite blog friends to contribute their short list of special gifts they would like to surprise their loved ones with… so this weekend read is called Bloggers’ wish gifts… hope you like it and find inspiration… enjoy the weekend (it’s a long weekend in Malaysia, celebrating the 50th independence anniversary, so Happy Birthday Malaysia!), see you on Monday! {Thank you very much, dear blogger friends: Amanda, Sia, Marieke, Joy, Elisabeth and Imelda!}

I received an email from Monica in which she gave me a sneak preview of the Catalogue Autumn 2007 with an update of the new products of the Industreal Collection. The new products will be presented to the public in Paris at Maison et Objet from September 7 till September 11th. As I am a big fan of Ionna Vautrin and Guillaume Delvigne I just had to show you their new Vases. Remind me a bit of cactuses…what do you think?

Finally got around to do a bit of accessory shopping for our home. I found some incredible Pashmina’s of great quality…. and for a very good price… would love to buy many more of these and perhaps make cushions out of them or something else, not sure yet…My husband gave me this vase for our anniversary (we’ve been together for 14 years now!), it’s from a lovely vintage store in Bangsar. Everything you can see in the store is for sale… or actually the vase was not… I had my eye on the vase for a long time… but finally they made an exception… so as you can imagine I am still in love after 14 years…{Don’t forget to check Bloesem tomorrow, there will be a fun weekend read featuring some of my blog friends and some very nice images of cool items!}

A while ago Emma did an interview with Li Aronsson. Li is the designer behind ByLiebling. A beautiful Swedish brand which sells home accesoiries, bags and clothes. In 2000 she started ByLiebling after six years of experience in fashion design, printing and hatmaking.

Li's products clearly show her passion for prints and patterns. You can buy her goods online and soon the website will also be in English. Don't forget to have a look at her wonderful blog as well.

Hi and welcome to Bloesem! My name is Irene Hoofs and I started this journal in 2006 wanting to share my passion for design, art and craft with you. New to Bloesem? Here are my 10 favorite posts to get you started. Or would you like to see the necklaces I make?